"Yes, there has always been bullying but when there's mental or physical injury involved and this is high school we're talking here, it's not "child's play" anymore, it's assault plain and simple."

"We have decided that we care about the education of our child and have chosen to home school."

"We were told by the superintendent that 'the school was not responsible for our childrens safety at school!' My children had tailbones broken, torn tendons & ligaments. Spit on. Called every filthy name you can think of..."

My beloved son, Brandon, was a victim of "Bullies."  Brandon developed PTSD,  (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), and Depression, after being harassed, tormented, isolated, assaulted and brutally beaten in our public school system.  When we took out a protective order against one of the "Bullies," he, the bully, decided to send a friend into the principal's office to claim that Brandon had made a bomb threat.  It was absurd, along with the way that the school handled the allegation.  The damage done to Brandon over this incident alone, was beyond measure-- victimize the victim.   The assistant principal later told me that he was convinced that Brandon had not made the bomb threat.  Unfortunately, the damage to Brandon could not be undone.  Brandon had to live with the stigma of the would-be-bomber. This is just one of the incidents. There were many.   On 12/16/00 Brandon put a loaded gun to his head, pulled the trigger and ended his pain. Some of the "Bullies" have said... that they didn't realize what they were doing-- that they were, "just having fun..."  ( http://www.jaredstory.com/brandon.html )